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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS—CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
OUCUMBER, OUTDOOR— Continued. 
480 Oa.rtof Outdoor. — The longest hardy Cucmnber. Frnlt of a 
good shape and colour, and of fine flavour. 
492 Davis Perfect. —Excellent variety, of good habit ; colour dark 
green. 10 to 12 in. long. 
488 Arlingrton White Spine. —A strain of White Shifts that has 
been improved through careful selection with a few of use for 
starting in hothouse or frames. 
489 Japanese Climbing:. —Can be grown on a trellis for decora¬ 
tion ; very prolific. 
491 Improved Lons Green. —This is a late sort, of great length, 
and the fruit is very crisp and tender. 
483 Carters Prickly Ridge. —A hardy variety, of easy culture 
485 Gherkin. —Very extensively used for pickling. 
490 Everbearing. —Of medium size, good shape, early and productive. 
482 Carters Miniature Cluster. —The best for pickling or salad. 
493 Paris Pickling. —Fruit very long, prickly, and a deep rich green 
in colour. 
494 Chicago Pickling. —Very crisp and tender. 
Price of the above .. .. £ oz. 1 oz. £ lb. 1 lb. 
.10 .25 .75 2.50 
Order Carters Tested Seeds by Number and Price only. 
PIMHIVE _ Two First class Certificates awarded by the Royal 
c 111 1 v Horticultural Society for our stocks of Endive. 
The Cultivation of Endive .—Sow for early crops in middle 
of April, and for succession to beginning of August: thin out 
to about 10 in. apart. A simple method of blanching is to put an 
inverted pot over each plant and cover it with leaves or straw. 
I os. of seed will sow 150 ft. of drill. 
555 Carters IVIodel. —The most beautiful and perfect form of Curled 
Endive yet introduced. It is exceedingly ornamental, of a dis¬ 
tinct colour, and bleaches admirably. Carters Model Endive 
was greatly admired in our Gold Medal Collection of Vegetables 
at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Exhibition in Chelsea Gardens, 
May, 1913. 
Price of the above .. £ oz. i oz. i oz. 1 oz. £ lb. 
.05 .10 .15 .25 .85 
582 Carters Earliest White. —Garden Kohl Rabi. 
583 Carters Earliest Purple. —Garden Kohl Rabi. 
Price of the above .. £ oz. £ oz. £ oz. 1 oz. £ lb. 
.10 .15 .25 .40 1.25 
No. 559 Carters Green Curled. 
No. 
559 Carters Green Curled. —Dwarf, and beautifully curled. 
556 Carters White Endive. —Superbly curled and laciniated; easily 
blanched, very tender. 
OVAL OR PLAIN-LEAVED. 
567 Carters Round-leaved Batavian. —Very compact and hardy; 
forms good heart. 
568 Green Batavian or Escarolle. —Tender broad leaves, crisp; 
of good flavour. 
Price of the above .. £ oz. £ oz. £ oz. 1 oz. £ lb. 
.05 .10 .15 .25 .85 
PLANT _ T7ze Cultivation of Egg Plant. —Sow in 
■ ■ ■ gentle heat early in April, transplant 
towards the middle of June, setting the plants 3 ft. apart each 
way. 1 oz. of seed produces about 1,500 plants. 
574 Black Beauty. —Fruit jet black; good form and solid. 
575 N- Y. Improved. — A splendid market variety; fruit large. 
576 White Egg. —The small white variety; of good flavour. 
Price of the above .. .. £ oz. J oz. £ oz. 1 oz. 
.10 .20 .35 .60 
|/AU| D A D| A useful vegetable, not nearly so much 
rvunia OP cultivated in this country in gardens a* 
KNOL KHOL. it would be were its merits known. Used 
as a substitute for Turnips, especially in 
hot dry seasons. The bulb grows entirely out of the ground. 
Included in our Gold Medal Exhibit at York Gala Show. 1914. 
The Cultivation of Kohl Rabi. —Prepare a breadth of good, 
well-manured soil. Drill the seeds in rows, about 15 in. apart, la 
May. and thin out to about 9 in. apart. They are ready for use 
when they attain the size of a small Turnip. 1 oz. of seed will 
sow 150 ft. of drill. 
Varieties. —There are two varieties in general cultivation, the 
white and the purple. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTON, MASS. 
